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A presidential retrospective: Clarence Wyatt looks back on his decade at Monmouth College
Earlier this month, outgoing Monmouth College president Clarence Wyatt attended the 50th reunion of his graduating class at Christian County High School in Hopkinsville, Kentucky. Just a few months after he received his high school diploma in 1974, Wya...
Jun 24, 2024, 11:20am EDT
Monmouth College's April Zorn Memorial Stadium undergoing $1.6 million makeover
During his days as a Monmouth College student in the early 1980s, Roger Haynes was once tasked by the athletic department with an important nightshift - guarding the Fighting Scots' track from dusk to dawn during a key time in the installation of its t...
Jun 24, 2024, 11:12am EDT
Work by Monmouth alumnae, students part of International Women in Engineering Day on June 23
#Enhancedbyengineering. That's the theme of this year's International Women in Engineering Day. The June 23 observance promotes the work that women engineers across the globe are doing. And "across the globe" very much includes the Monmouth College...
Jun 21, 2024, 1:38pm EDT
Retiring Monmouth College professor Brad Sturgeon made contributions in teaching, service, scholarship
Established in 2004, Monmouth College's Hatch Awards recognize outstanding work by its faculty in the areas of teaching, scholarship and service. Three years after the award program was established, Brad Sturgeon joined Monmouth's faculty as its phys...
Jun 18, 2024, 3:13pm EDT
Monmouth College student Kailyn Gore honored as Newman Civic Fellow for commitment to solving public problems
An "exemplary student and innovative leader" from Monmouth College is among the students nationwide recognized as a 2024-25 Campus Compact Newman Civic Fellow. Kailyn Gore '26 of Marlton, New Jersey, received the honor after being nominated by Monmout...
Jun 13, 2024, 2:55pm EDT
New issue of Monmouth's Midwest Journal of Undergraduate Research explores diverse range of disciplines, including shortage of teachers in Illinois
The Illinois educator shortage - an issue that Monmouth College is taking an active role in trying to solve - is just one of the topics addressed in the new edition of the College's Midwest Journal of Undergraduate Research, which is now available in p...
Jun 10, 2024, 12:34pm EDT
Partnership between Monmouth, ROE focused on helping more students attend college
The Illinois Regional Office of Education #33 and Monmouth College have announced a new partnership to better serve students in Henderson, Knox, Mercer and Warren counties. The goal of the partnership - which includes all educational institutions in ...
Jun 6, 2024, 3:13pm EDT
Liberal arts farming: Monmouth College's Educational Farm & Garden offers life lessons to crew, area schoolchildren
School may be out for the summer, but that doesn't mean questions like the following ever go away. Complete the following sentence: The Monmouth College Educational Farm and Garden is a) a laboratory, b) a classroom; c) a canvas; or d) all of the above...
Jun 6, 2024, 11:43am EDT
Looking for a good summer read? Monmouth faculty, staff suggest several titles
Long summer days make it a perfect season for reading, and members of the Monmouth College community have several recommendations to help people fill out their hours. Among the books recommended are titles connected to the 60th anniversary of the Civi...
Jun 5, 2024, 4:01pm EDT
Monmouth College emeritus professor William Urban to be honored by colleagues, students with 'Festschrift'
William L. Urban, who taught history at Monmouth College for nearly a half century, will be honored by former colleagues, students and friends with a Festschrift. The emeritus Lee L. Morgan Professor of History and International Studies and his wife, ...
Jun 4, 2024, 12:47pm EDT